Climate Change:
An Encyclopedia of Science and History

ABC-CLIO (to be published in 2012)

Brian Black, general editor
David Hassenzahl, policy editor
Jennie Stephens, science editor
Gary Weisel, history editor


ABC-CLIO is pleased to announce the preparation of a major new reference set, Climate Change: An Encyclopedia of Science and History, under the editorship of Brian Black. 

This four-volume set will include essays approaching climate change from a variety of angles, including public policy, scientific background, and historical context.  Our objective is to provide students and readers with a reliable introduction to important ideas and topics related to this issue, and also to give an impartial review of some of the controversy it has faced.  We expect the volumes to be a standard for reference libraries around the world.
 


This list of topics, for the HISTORY portion of the encyclopedia, includes biographies, scientific institutions, climate theories, climate data, and important political and cultural events.  Authors will be paid a modest honorarium. Feel free to suggest a topic that you believe we need to cover.  If you are interested in contributing one or more of these articles, then please contact:

Gary J. Weisel
Associate Professor of Physics
Penn State Altoona
gxw20 at psu.edu
 

Parenthetical notes offer a partial guide and are not exhaustive of the topic.  This list will be updated periodically.  Initials placed to the left of the word count indicates that the topic has been claimed (as of July 21, 2011). 
 
HISTORY TOPIC WORD COUNT
UNASSIGNED  ARTICLES
Budyko, Mikhail Ivanovich     1000
Jule Gregory Charney    1000
CLIMAP research program 1000
Geoengineering (CO2 sequestration)    2000
Ice cores (Stuiver, isotopes)    1000
Nineteenth century literature and art   3000
Pressure groups (Marshall Institute, Global Climate Coalition) 2000
Satellite measurements (ISCCP,1982) 1000
Temperature record, modern instrumental (controversies) 2000
Temperature record, proxy measurement (overview) 2000
World Climate Research Programme (1980)    1000
ASSIGNED ARTICLES
Aerosols (Walter Roberts) SRW  1000
Arrhenius, Svante PPM   1000
Alternative forms of transportation (mass transit, electric car) CH   2000
Animal habits and extinctions, recent changes JJ   2000
Atmosphere, circulation (Hadley) BV   2000
Balance of nature, idea of  MKC 2000
Bolin, Bert PPM   1000
Broecker, Wallace  PPM   1000
City mayors movement (early 2000s) CH   2000
Climate determinism (antiquity - 18th century) BV   2000
Climatic Research Unit E-mail controversy (2009) BTR   2000
Climatic Research Unit (University of East Anglia, England) BTR   500
Climatology as a scientific discipline SRW   5000
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL, 1961) DL   1000
CO2 content in atmosphere and oceans (Keeling, Revelle, Suess) GW   5000
Continental drift  JC   1000
Dansgaard, Willi PPM   1000
Extinctions in early Earth history JJ   2000
Emiliani, Cesare  PPM   1000
Environmental movement of the 1970s BB   3000
Environmental movement of the late 20th century DS   3000
Environmental Health, Preventative Medicine, and Climate Change (1200-1900) FS  3000
European Union and the EU Emission Trading System (2005) RChau  1000
Extreme weather (Kerry Emanuel) HY  2000
Feedback mechanisms (positive and negative) JJ   2000
Global Atmospheric Research Program (1967) GDH   1000
Global cooling (1970s) GDH   1000
Goddard Institute for Space Studies RCav  1000
Greenhouse effect (Guy Callendar)    JC   2000
Hadley Centre (Exeter, England) RChau 1000
Hansen, James JC   1000
Human history and climate change HY  5000
Ice ages (search for causes of) CC  5000
International Geophysical Year (1957) RC   2000
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (1986) CN  1000
Twentieth century literature and art JMB   4000
Laki volcanic eruptions (1783) MV  2000
Little Ice Age DD   1000
George Perkins Marsh MS   2000
Medieval Warm Period KLA   1000
Nineteenth century meteorology MV  2000
National Center for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, CO) KLA   1000
National Climate Program Act (National Climate Program Office within NOAA, 1978) KLA   1000
National Climatic Data Center (Asheville, NC) KLA   1000
Nuclear winter HY  1000
Numerical simulation and general circulation models (Manabe and Bryan) GJW  5000
Oceans, circulation GNV  2000
Oil supply and shortages (1970s) BB  2000
Orbital effects (Milankovitch) JC   2000
Ozone depletion (Montreal Protocol) TS  2000
Paleoclimatology JJ   2000
Political forces against climate legislation in U.S. BB   5000
Robinson, Kim Stanley JMB   1000
Political response to Kyoto, domestic and international RC  3000
Religion and Climate Change LR   4000
Sediment cores SGM   1000
Shackleton, Nicholas John  PPM   1000
Skeptical and naysayer scientists RC  5000
Solar variability (Maunder) CC  1000
Sudden climate change (Younger Dryas) CC  2000
Terrestrial Planetary Climates (Venus, Mars) CC  1000
UN Framework Convention and Kyoto Protocol MS  4000
UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change MS  2000
US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) DL   1000
Weather control HY   2000
Woodwell, George  CN  1000